Table 3. Surveillance intensity – all evaluable responses for three common surveillance modalities subdivided by physician specialty (N=846).

These data also show the variability in surveillance intensity among the three specialty groups (medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and surgeons) and within each group. They also show that some physicians in all three specialty groups recommend every modality during every posttreatment year, often very frequently.

Modality	Year Postsurgery
	1	2	3	4	5
Office visit
Medical oncologist	4 (0 – 12)	3 (0 – 12)	2 (0 – 12)	2 (0 – 12)	2 (0 – 12)
Radiation oncologist	3 (1 – 12)	2 (1 – 6)	2 (1 – 12)	2 (1 – 12)	2 (1 – 12)
Surgical oncologist	2 (1 – 12)	2 (0 – 12)	2 (1 – 12)	2 (1 – 12)	2 (1 – 12)
Mammogram
Medical oncologist	1 (0 – 12)	1 (0 – 12)	1 (0 – 12)	1 (0 – 12)	1 (0 – 12)
Radiation oncologist	2 (1 – 6)	1 (0 – 6)	1 (1 – 12)	1 (1 – 12)	1 (1 – 12)
Surgical oncologist	1 (0 – 3)	1 (0 – 2)	1 (0 – 2)	1 (0 – 2)	1 (0 – 2)
Liver function tests
Medical oncologist	2 (0 – 12)	2 (0 – 12)	2 (0 – 12)	1 (0 – 12)	1 (0 – 12)
Radiation oncologist	1 (0 – 12)	1 (0 – 4)	1 (0 – 4)	1 (0 – 4)	1 (0 – 4)
Surgical oncologist	1 (0 – 6)	0 (0 – 6)	0 (0 – 4)	0 (0 – 4)	0 (0 – 5)

^*The number in each cell is displayed as median and range (maximum, minimum). This depiction of the data emphasizes the variation in practices.